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Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday, Peter!

Happy Birthday guys! Have a great day!

Yes Grahame. But, all of them involves instering things into urethra, well at least they use local anesthesia. As he told me there are 2 options; one uses shockwaves and one uses laser to crumble the stones. Can't remember the medical terms, it was really hard to focus on things he said after "we insert things into your urethra". Still I cannot make up my mind on getting the operation ASAP or wait, take better care of myself, drink yoghurt and pickle juice, as my father advised. Doctor thinks both help for passing them out and reducing the chance of clumping as well. It shouldn't be a big deal, just it seems it is just the begining to me. "More coming soon!" Dunno maybe I should be less dramatic about some teeny-tiny stones. Damn "Transurethral cystolitholapaxy" sounds like name of a grindcore/goregrind song. But yea, that is the procedure he advised.

Not today but yesterday I visited the urologist. He checked both MRI and CT visuals. Good news is I have no soft tissue damage, inflammations or polyps. Bad news is I have some more stones in my bladder. Not as big as I projected but he said they might clump together by time. And not only stones in my bladder, I have a hole in my wallet too. And it seems if I want them gone as painless and as soon as possible, the hole in my wallet will devour it completely. Hello healthscares! Goodbye the dream of upgrading espresso machine and grinder...

From good ol' days:

Guido Barbujani - The Invention of Races - Science Against Racism Well I'm already anti-racist and I think "race" is a looooong outdated concept but still it feels good when science agrees with your point of view. Really good book, has no pseudo-scientific bullshit in it, not easy to understand, going to take a bit longer to finish than my regular reading materials. But still a good read.

Thanks Nate for the advice. I consume 5-6 liters of fluid on daily basis. Min 3 liters of water, 2 cups of coffee, 4 cups of tea. But about salt, yea I love salt. I have to reduce the amount I consume, I suppose. Gonna work on it. Also, I - at least - doubled the consumption of dairies since I became vegetarian (13 months have passed since I became one) to make up the amount of protein I need. Maybe that contributed as well. I took appointments for urology and MRI for next Monday. Gonna get a clear picture I hope.

That is the weird stuff Steve. I've never felt any pain except while I was shooting the stone from my urinal canal. I literally felt it's pressure on the canal as it went through. The ER doctor and my father wouldn't believe how I endured the pain but, as I said I didn't felt any unusual thing till I peed with blood. Cannot compare as I haven't experienced kidney stone but as I read, bladder stones aren't as painful as kidney stones. There wasn't any bad reading about my vitals too, except my elevated heart beat. The stone was like small red lentil, like a 1.5-2mm size like oval shaped. I'm going to visit an urologist next week. Thank you Steve, for taking time and educating me on possible health complications. Gonna take a full Check-up after urologist too.

So yesterday night, I had blood in my urine, like my pee was strawberry flavoured. Fucking freaked out, was thinking like "worst experience of my life". Went to ER immediately. After waiting half an hour and drinking lots of fluid, even before seeing the doctor, I passed the effing bladderstone on my next urination. That was THE WORST experience of my life. Nothing in solid form should ever pass from there. It was out of blue. I haven't had any pain or anything and within an hour I peed blood and passed a small red lentils sized bladderstone. I don't have any pain or burning but going to take antibiotics for a week. It was a wake up call like "you're not a young guy any more, should start take care of yourself better" TL;DR: I peed blood, shot a small stone from my penis and felt old.

Oh i guess I've been misunderstood, most probably I didn't clearly explain it guys. I'm not in the local government. We have 4 years till local government elections. I'm elected as congress member of CHP in it's regional division. In the city where I live. Also I'm elected as member of the board of CHP's town administration. So I have a right to vote and speak on CHP's town and city Congresses. And I'm a member of town administration of CHP. Basically I have right and responsibility to speak in CHP's regional administration. Sorry if I cause any misunderstanding. But maybe after 4 years I'll have a place in local government.

Thanks guys. Dunno what I can do but in these days even a smallest things are really valuable. Not only in Turkey, shit is going south globally.

Happy Birthday!

All of them look splendid Steve, but how is teh finger?

I'm elected as City Congress Member of CHP (main oppotsition party) also elected as Town board member. Getting knee deep into politics.

Happy Birthday Morphsci!

Happy Happy Birthday, Stretch!

Damn Steve... Well 100 dollars for a thumb is pretty good deal if you ask me.

Happy Birthday!

With cute observance, I can say the listening chair's placement is slightly off-balanced.

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I'm a bit late but Happy Birthday, Antonio!

Lol. Seriously, why are you still in a place filled with people you contempt? Your existance and behavior contradict with each other. Just shoo away and let everyone be happy.

Even you think you don't belong here. You, yourself, point out you don't like how things work here. Yet you're still here. Why? Another point: What makes you think you can come here and try to change the mindset of this community? We're obviously happy as we are. This forum and it's regulars are like this for a loooong time. Why are you here? Do you truly want to change the mindset or just want to attack with your "pointing the fallacies" approach? What is the point you want to make? Let me show you an easy solution of your appearent problem: gtfo.